Validation of Persian version of WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire in Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to validate the first Persian version of the WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire. The study sample comprised 61 patients regularly attending the outpatient infectious disease clinic consultation centre for patients with behavioural disorders in 2013-2014. The internal consistency, content related validity and reliability of WHOQOL-HIV BREF were evaluated. Content validity was quantified using the content validity ratio (CVR) according the to Lawshe formula. CVR > 0.51 and mean judgment > 2 were significant at P = 0.05. The Cronbach alpha score was > 0.7 for each domain and = 0.87 for the whole scale, indicating good reliability. Item-to-total correlation coefficient between each item and its respective domain was 0.39-0.87. The correlation between each domain and overall QOL was excellent. This study demonstrates that the Persian version of WHOQOL-HIV BREF is a valid and reliable tool for evaluation of QOL in HIV-infected patients. ‫ـري‬ ‫البـ‬ ‫ـي‬ ‫املناعـ‬ ‫ز‬

Psychometric assessment of translated Urdu version of WHOQOL-HIV BREF among patients living with HIV

“…Overall, Cronbach's alpha value is greater than 0.93 which indicates excellent internal consistency (47). Individual domains and each question's internal consistency was more than 0.9, which is highly acceptable, and these ndings are in line with the Iranian, Brazilian and Chinese studies (18,24,31). The skewness and kurtosis value of almost all the items fall within the acceptable range (-1.00 to 1.00) which are consistent with the ndings of the study conducted among Taiwanese and older Portuguese patients infected with HIV (26,27).…”

“…(22). This instrument has not been translated into Urdu, although it has been translated into many other languages (18,(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32). Hence, the current study aimed to assess the psychometric properties and cultural adaptability of the Urdu version of WHOQOL-HIV Bref in PLWHA in Pakistan.…”

Validation of a Turkish translation of The Hand Hygiene Questionnaire

“…Floor-ceiling effects were examined respectively for the dimensions in the study. Floor-ceiling effects occur when > 15% of students respond with a lowest or highest score, making it difficult to assess the students' level of ability (29).…”

Propriedades psicométricas do WHOQOL-HIV Bref para avaliação da qualidade de vida

“…O WHOQOL-HIV Bref avalia a qualidade de vida com base em aspectos específicos de pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS e tem se mostrado válido e confiável para esse fim (Meemon et al, 2016;Pereira, Martins, Alves & Canavarro, 2014;Salehi, Niroumand, Erfanian, Sajjadi & Dadgarmoghaddam, 2016;Zhu, Liu & Qu, 2017). A análise das propriedades psicométricas deste instrumento é fundamental devido os desafios para a interpretação das questões diante das diversidades culturais (Meemon et al, 2016).…”

“…No que se refere à confiabilidade do WHOQOL--HIV Bref, por meio da análise da consistência interna, o instrumento obteve valores satisfatórios, indicando homogeneidade dos itens que o compõe, o que concorda com outros estudos (Akinboro et al, 2014;Pereira et al, 2014, Salehi et al, 2016WHO, 2003;Zhu et al, 2017). Os valores observados para o coeficiente alfa de Cronbach se item for retirado não se apresentaram superiores ao da escala geral (α=0,93).…”